Moshe Arens

Moshe Arens (27 December 1925-7 January 2019) was a Likud MK from 1973 to 1992 and from 1999 to 2003, as well as Minister of Defense from 1983 to 1984, from 1990 to 1992, and in 1999, and Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1990.

Biography
Moshe Arens was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1925, and his family moved to Riga, Latvia when he was a year old. In 1939, he and his family immigrated to the United States, and he served in the US Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. In 1948, he immigrated to Israel and joined the Irgun, and he was a founding member of Herut in 1949. From 1962 to 1971, he served as Deputy Director General at Israel Aircraft Industries, and he was elected to the Knesset in 1973. He served as Minister of Defense from 1983 to 1984, Minister without Portfolio from 1984 to 1988, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1990, and Minister of Defense again from 1990 to 1992 and in 1999. He lost his seat in the Knesset in 1992, was re-elected in 1999, and lost for re-election in 2003, and he died in 2019.